I just have really bad ears and every time I go swimming its a problem. So today I went to a pool party with a bunch of friends and sure enough BOTH my ears are messed up. My right one is all clogged and my left one feels like it has water in it but I've shaken it for 15 minutes and nothing is getting it out.

I've always had problems with my ears, caused me to learn to speak wrong and had to have speech therapy as a kid. Last summer in Hawaii I thought it was just clogged, so I put Swimear (same as wiskey or something) in and it turns out my eardrum was ruptured. So yea, it went into my inner ear and I literally blacked out due to pain. I've had alot of stuff happen to me, but it was probably the most painful thing that's happened to me, had to have a doctor make an emergency call to our room and I spent half our vacation in doctor's offices. So yea, never doing that again

So does anyone have any advice on how to get this water out? If I don't, I get ear infections, so its always a big problem when my ears get like this

Reason why I told that whole story is because it explains why I'll never put swimear/alcohol solution in my ear. The last 3 times I've done it, 2 of the times it was painful, and one of those times I just blacked out from the pain. I will never, I repeat never put that stuff in my ear again. I've tried earplugs but you can't hear a single thing that people are saying. Whats the point of going to a pool party if I can't hear the girls talking to me from 2 feet away.